Thursday, August 15, 2013

Cape Breton


Happy Birthday Vicky!

Today we traversed Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  The St Lawrence bay side was cloudy and dreary.  When we got to the Atlantic side the sun finally poked through.   We did two short hikes, and still didn’t see a moose even though we hiked through a bog that is frequented by moose.  The other hike had several nice views, despite the cloudiness of the morning.
 Mushroom (fungus) found on St Lawrence side trail.
 
 St Lawrence side trail
 
St Anne's Bay
We had a short day and are doing RV keeping and associated chores, which means the RV got a much needed bath and our laundry is in the dryer.  The names of a lot of places we passed through have either been French, English or Scottish.  We made a couple of tourist stops along the way, including a very interesting glass artisan shop.   There are lots of Breton artist gallery’s along the Cabot Trail.  Tomorrow we’ll be taking a 7 hour ferry ride over to New Foundland.   In the meantime, we’re enjoying the sunny, breezy afternoon in North Sydney.  It is a hot 74 degrees.  The weather forecast for tomorrow is even hotter, 78 degrees!  We have the windows open and the screen on the door, it is really “quite lovely,” (a nod to our Aussie mates.)  Stay cool our Texas friends and family.

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